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τὸ μὴ λυποῦν ἀποστρέφωνται. πᾶσαν μὲν γάρ, ὦ Φιλόπαππε , κακίαν φευκτέον ἐστὶ δι᾽ ἀρετῆς, οὐχὶ διὰ τῆς ἐναντίας κακίας , ὥσπερ ἔνιοι δοκοῦσιν αἰσχυντηλίαν μὲν ἀναισχυντίᾳ φεύγειν ἀγροικίαν δὲ βωμολοχίᾳ, δειλίας δὲ καὶ μαλακίας ἀπωτάτω τίθεσθαι τὸν τρόπον ἂν ἔγγιστα φαίνωνται λαμυρίας καὶ θρασύτητος. ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ δεισιδαιμονίας ἀθεότητα καὶ πανουργίαν ἀβελτερίας ἀπολόγημα ποιοῦνται,
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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